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University of Southern California
DAILY • TROJAN
VOL. LXI, NO. 76
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
WED., FEB. 18,1970
Teacher Corps fires two for political actions
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Larry Kulesza gets decorated during Festival of the Arts.
Accused murderer bound over to Superior Court
Paul Holloway, accused murderer of university mailman John Preston, was bound over to Supreme Court yesterday during a preliminary hearing in the Hall of Justice, Division 49.
The date for arraignment is March 3. No bail was set.
The purpose of the preliminary hearing was to give the magistrate an opportunity to determine that the defendant is the man being accused of the crime.
Holloway will enter a plea at the arraignment and at that time a trial date will be set.
Seven witnesses will testify against Holloway, who allegedly attacked and shot Preston in the back of the head with a small caliber pistol Jan. 16.
Preston was employed full-time by the University Post Office. He also had a part-time job at 32nd Street Market and lived in the vicinity.
Preston was in a coma tor 14 days and died on Jan. 30. He is survived by his wife and five children.
By RICH WISEMAN Assistant city editor
Two Chicano students charged yesterday that they were dismissed from USC’s VISTA Teacher Corps program because of alleged political activities.
Genaro Diaz and Aaron Kizer said they are considering filing a suit against the university, pending a meeting Friday with Edward Kelly, associate dean of the School of Education, and Frank Anderete and Pat Cabrera, directors of the Teacher Corps.
The dismissal, Diaz and Kizer claim, resulted from their activities in Richgrove, a town near Delano in Tulare County. They had been sent to the town in July with eight other USC VISTA student participants to educate local children.
“The town was controlled by a grape grower called Howard Nielsen,” Diaz said. “He sat on all the town councils and the school board. He was prejudiced against Mexican-Americans.”
Nielson, Diaz said, became increasingly angered by his and Kizer’s efforts in the community, which is 96 percent Mexican-American. The two spearheaded the development of a recreation program, an adult education program and assisted children in registering for school.
What really infuriated Nielson and stimulated him to act, Kizer said, was the pair’s role in advising six townspeople accused of arson.
“In October there was a series of fires in the area,” Diaz said. “Those who were arrested were held incommunicado for 72 hours. One, a 16-year-old was taken to the hospital after suffering a nervous breakdown after four hours of questioning by police. Their families were harrassed.
“The bail was set at $15,000. It might as well have been one million dollars.”
The townspeople didn’t know what to do, Diaz continued, so they consulted Nizer and him.
“We first called our team leader, Kit Carson, and then Alderete, looking for advice. With their consent and approval we obtained help from the California Rural Legal Assistants and two private attorneys. The bail was paid by the Chicano Legal Defense Fund.”
Things began to happen fast to Diaz and Kizer. Diaz was first suspended from the Volunteer Fire Department in Richgrove by the California Division of Forestry for donating the proceeds of the fire department’s monthly dance, $500, to the two lawyers.
“Raymond Banks, chief ranger of Tulare County told me he had no legal way of suspending me but he said what I had done was morally wrong,” Diaz said.
In November the school board, acting through Nielson, ordered the duo to leave their duties.
When they refused the entire team was ordered to leave, they said.
That month, Diaz and Kizer received letters from Alderete informing them of their suspension from VISTA as of Nov. 20.
“My run-in with Banks made the headlines in the Delano Record, mentioning I was from USC,” Diaz said. “That did it. USC is more concerned with its image than education.”
To Diaz’ surprise the suspensions’ were removed six days later by Alderete, who according to Diaz, said the suspension was only a joke. Diaz’ research proved different.
“Pressure from the Chicano students on campus and the townspeople made him change his mind,” he said.
Diaz was suspended again on Feb. 6 and Kizer again on Feb. 9. To add to the confusion they were informed at that time that they had been suspended since November although they continued to receive their $40 a week stipend.
“We were given no prior notice of our deselection,” Diaz said. “No hearing, no reason.”
They punched more holes in the administration of the Teaching Corps.
“Alderete never notified the district that we were coming,” Kizer said. “They were naturally distrustful of us. We never had an opportunity to come in contact with them.”
He added that the group was expected to teach although they were supposed to spend their first year in the program with community involvement.
Of the 30 in the program, all Chicanos from low income areas, 13 have been dismissed for one reason or another.
“We feel the program has the possibility of being outstanding,” Kizer said. “The reason we’re fighting is to stop the corruption in it.”
The two complain that while they are suspended from the program they received no financial aid, and are thus unable to attend USC.
“Kelly tells us not to bring a suit becausc he doesn’t want us to get hurt,” Kizer said. “But our careers already have a tremendous black mask.
“We want to get back in the program. We want to go back to Richgrove.”
They said they will return anyway, and work in the fields to earn their living for the time being.
“Politics has won over justice,” Diaz said. “We were supposed to get a B.S. in education at USC. But I think we got the B.S. in something else.”
Educator fears desegregation crisis
By BILL D1CKE Contributing editor
A campus educator feels there will definitely be a crisis in education if last week’s Los Angeles school desegregation decision is upheld.
Edward C. Kelly, associate dean of the School of Education, said Tuesday that he agrees with Washington officials who have expressed this fear after a decision by Superior Judge Alfred Gitelson last Wednesday.
Gitelson ordered the city school system to start integration plans in September and have them in full operation by Sept.
1, 1971. The school board has voted to appeal the decision.
The decision will mean diverting millions of dollars to busses and gasoline which could better be used in the elementary school program. Kelly said. “Bussing won’t work.” he claimed.
“Anytime you put the money into hardware rather than programs, it just isn't logical. It’s logical that a kid doesn’t learn much sitting in a rattling bus for an hour.”
What is really needed, he said, is an emphasis on improving instructional programs in the poverty areas, particularly the preschool through elementary grades.
“Plus we need massive doses of remedial instruction for students who com3 to us from out of state, particularly the southern states where they have really suffered from inferior education,” Kelly continued.
The educator feels that the more ethnic groups mix in school and on the playground, the sooner real understanding between groups will develop.
However, he feels the negative factors involved in bussing outweigh this value. “Riding a bus for an hour is not an educational experience,” he said.
Kelly feels the worries of Washington officials that the decision will have a national impact are legitimate. “Let’s face it, if the second largest school system in the United States is forced into this situation, you now have a precedent for every large city,” 'lie noted.
The decision, if upheld, will mean a tremendous increase in enrollment in private schools, he predicted. “Certainly there will be community protest groups and I can imagine thousands of law suits being brought,” he added.
Kelly took issue with the opinion of Judge Gitelson that “Negro and Mexican-American children suffer serious harm when their education takes place in public schools which are racially segregated; whatever the source of such segregation may be.”
Asked whether students in minority schools receive an inferior education, Kelly said, “No. I think you have some outstanding schools and some that need improvement but they’re not limited to just the ghetto areas.”
He said that racial make-up doesn’t have anything to do with the quality of a school.
The possible solution to the segregation problem is open enrollment at all schools so a student could go where he wants, Kelly said.
The district now has a policy of open enrollment at schools with vacancies. However, Judge Gitelson was sharply critical of this program. He said the school board “knew that the socio-economic disadvantaged could not avail themselves of any alleged privileges to transfer without transportation being made available to them by the board.”
Kelly outlined a “perfect” solution which he admits is infeasible at this time:
—Massive does of federal funds.
—Development of education plazas. “You build a new physical plant located in such a way as to achieve ethnic balance.”
—A modified Berkeley plan. In Berkeley, certain grades attend one school. For example, first, second and third graders attend one educational plant. “This system is working out quite well and true integration has come about.”
The plan would take a tremendous amount of money which does not seem to be forthcoming, Kelly said.

University of Southern California
DAILY • TROJAN
VOL. LXI, NO. 76
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
WED., FEB. 18,1970
Teacher Corps fires two for political actions
FIND A CANVAS ... ANY CANVAS
Larry Kulesza gets decorated during Festival of the Arts.
Accused murderer bound over to Superior Court
Paul Holloway, accused murderer of university mailman John Preston, was bound over to Supreme Court yesterday during a preliminary hearing in the Hall of Justice, Division 49.
The date for arraignment is March 3. No bail was set.
The purpose of the preliminary hearing was to give the magistrate an opportunity to determine that the defendant is the man being accused of the crime.
Holloway will enter a plea at the arraignment and at that time a trial date will be set.
Seven witnesses will testify against Holloway, who allegedly attacked and shot Preston in the back of the head with a small caliber pistol Jan. 16.
Preston was employed full-time by the University Post Office. He also had a part-time job at 32nd Street Market and lived in the vicinity.
Preston was in a coma tor 14 days and died on Jan. 30. He is survived by his wife and five children.
By RICH WISEMAN Assistant city editor
Two Chicano students charged yesterday that they were dismissed from USC’s VISTA Teacher Corps program because of alleged political activities.
Genaro Diaz and Aaron Kizer said they are considering filing a suit against the university, pending a meeting Friday with Edward Kelly, associate dean of the School of Education, and Frank Anderete and Pat Cabrera, directors of the Teacher Corps.
The dismissal, Diaz and Kizer claim, resulted from their activities in Richgrove, a town near Delano in Tulare County. They had been sent to the town in July with eight other USC VISTA student participants to educate local children.
“The town was controlled by a grape grower called Howard Nielsen,” Diaz said. “He sat on all the town councils and the school board. He was prejudiced against Mexican-Americans.”
Nielson, Diaz said, became increasingly angered by his and Kizer’s efforts in the community, which is 96 percent Mexican-American. The two spearheaded the development of a recreation program, an adult education program and assisted children in registering for school.
What really infuriated Nielson and stimulated him to act, Kizer said, was the pair’s role in advising six townspeople accused of arson.
“In October there was a series of fires in the area,” Diaz said. “Those who were arrested were held incommunicado for 72 hours. One, a 16-year-old was taken to the hospital after suffering a nervous breakdown after four hours of questioning by police. Their families were harrassed.
“The bail was set at $15,000. It might as well have been one million dollars.”
The townspeople didn’t know what to do, Diaz continued, so they consulted Nizer and him.
“We first called our team leader, Kit Carson, and then Alderete, looking for advice. With their consent and approval we obtained help from the California Rural Legal Assistants and two private attorneys. The bail was paid by the Chicano Legal Defense Fund.”
Things began to happen fast to Diaz and Kizer. Diaz was first suspended from the Volunteer Fire Department in Richgrove by the California Division of Forestry for donating the proceeds of the fire department’s monthly dance, $500, to the two lawyers.
“Raymond Banks, chief ranger of Tulare County told me he had no legal way of suspending me but he said what I had done was morally wrong,” Diaz said.
In November the school board, acting through Nielson, ordered the duo to leave their duties.
When they refused the entire team was ordered to leave, they said.
That month, Diaz and Kizer received letters from Alderete informing them of their suspension from VISTA as of Nov. 20.
“My run-in with Banks made the headlines in the Delano Record, mentioning I was from USC,” Diaz said. “That did it. USC is more concerned with its image than education.”
To Diaz’ surprise the suspensions’ were removed six days later by Alderete, who according to Diaz, said the suspension was only a joke. Diaz’ research proved different.
“Pressure from the Chicano students on campus and the townspeople made him change his mind,” he said.
Diaz was suspended again on Feb. 6 and Kizer again on Feb. 9. To add to the confusion they were informed at that time that they had been suspended since November although they continued to receive their $40 a week stipend.
“We were given no prior notice of our deselection,” Diaz said. “No hearing, no reason.”
They punched more holes in the administration of the Teaching Corps.
“Alderete never notified the district that we were coming,” Kizer said. “They were naturally distrustful of us. We never had an opportunity to come in contact with them.”
He added that the group was expected to teach although they were supposed to spend their first year in the program with community involvement.
Of the 30 in the program, all Chicanos from low income areas, 13 have been dismissed for one reason or another.
“We feel the program has the possibility of being outstanding,” Kizer said. “The reason we’re fighting is to stop the corruption in it.”
The two complain that while they are suspended from the program they received no financial aid, and are thus unable to attend USC.
“Kelly tells us not to bring a suit becausc he doesn’t want us to get hurt,” Kizer said. “But our careers already have a tremendous black mask.
“We want to get back in the program. We want to go back to Richgrove.”
They said they will return anyway, and work in the fields to earn their living for the time being.
“Politics has won over justice,” Diaz said. “We were supposed to get a B.S. in education at USC. But I think we got the B.S. in something else.”
Educator fears desegregation crisis
By BILL D1CKE Contributing editor
A campus educator feels there will definitely be a crisis in education if last week’s Los Angeles school desegregation decision is upheld.
Edward C. Kelly, associate dean of the School of Education, said Tuesday that he agrees with Washington officials who have expressed this fear after a decision by Superior Judge Alfred Gitelson last Wednesday.
Gitelson ordered the city school system to start integration plans in September and have them in full operation by Sept.
1, 1971. The school board has voted to appeal the decision.
The decision will mean diverting millions of dollars to busses and gasoline which could better be used in the elementary school program. Kelly said. “Bussing won’t work.” he claimed.
“Anytime you put the money into hardware rather than programs, it just isn't logical. It’s logical that a kid doesn’t learn much sitting in a rattling bus for an hour.”
What is really needed, he said, is an emphasis on improving instructional programs in the poverty areas, particularly the preschool through elementary grades.
“Plus we need massive doses of remedial instruction for students who com3 to us from out of state, particularly the southern states where they have really suffered from inferior education,” Kelly continued.
The educator feels that the more ethnic groups mix in school and on the playground, the sooner real understanding between groups will develop.
However, he feels the negative factors involved in bussing outweigh this value. “Riding a bus for an hour is not an educational experience,” he said.
Kelly feels the worries of Washington officials that the decision will have a national impact are legitimate. “Let’s face it, if the second largest school system in the United States is forced into this situation, you now have a precedent for every large city,” 'lie noted.
The decision, if upheld, will mean a tremendous increase in enrollment in private schools, he predicted. “Certainly there will be community protest groups and I can imagine thousands of law suits being brought,” he added.
Kelly took issue with the opinion of Judge Gitelson that “Negro and Mexican-American children suffer serious harm when their education takes place in public schools which are racially segregated; whatever the source of such segregation may be.”
Asked whether students in minority schools receive an inferior education, Kelly said, “No. I think you have some outstanding schools and some that need improvement but they’re not limited to just the ghetto areas.”
He said that racial make-up doesn’t have anything to do with the quality of a school.
The possible solution to the segregation problem is open enrollment at all schools so a student could go where he wants, Kelly said.
The district now has a policy of open enrollment at schools with vacancies. However, Judge Gitelson was sharply critical of this program. He said the school board “knew that the socio-economic disadvantaged could not avail themselves of any alleged privileges to transfer without transportation being made available to them by the board.”
Kelly outlined a “perfect” solution which he admits is infeasible at this time:
—Massive does of federal funds.
—Development of education plazas. “You build a new physical plant located in such a way as to achieve ethnic balance.”
—A modified Berkeley plan. In Berkeley, certain grades attend one school. For example, first, second and third graders attend one educational plant. “This system is working out quite well and true integration has come about.”
The plan would take a tremendous amount of money which does not seem to be forthcoming, Kelly said.